FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 1:30pm CT Contact: Ayse Gursoz, ayse@ran.org, (650)391-6443 Protests Erupt at Chase Tower, Activists Call on World’s Worst Banker of Climate Change to…
May 21, 2019
May 16, 2019
Japan’s largest bank MUFG adopts new policies to protect forests and the climate, but controversies abound
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Japan’s largest financial group and the world’s fifth largest bank by assets, has just released an updated Environmental and Social Policy Framework that will govern…
April 26, 2019
Tens of Thousands Demand Liberty Mutual Not Insure Massive Coal Mine
Contacts: Elana Sulakshana, Rainforest Action Network, (703) 589-0040 Katherine Tu, SumOfUs, +61422 430 282 (Melbourne, Australia) Photos available here, and more available upon request. Tens of Thousands Demand Liberty Mutual…
April 16, 2019
World’s 4th largest bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group considers ending loans for new coal fired power projects. NGOs demand stronger action to withdraw from coal.
For Immediate Release CONTACT: Yuki Sekimoto, Rainforest Action Network, Japan Communications Coordinator yuki.sekimoto@ran.org, +81(0)80 4005 2489 TOKYO – Today, several newspapers have reported that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group（MUFG）is considering the announcement of…
April 11, 2019
SOUTHEAST ASIAN PALM OIL FREE OF DEFORESTATION, PEATLAND USE OR EXPLOITATION HITS THE MARKET
Musim Mas Group is the first Southeast Asian producer to complete verification and demonstrate its proof of concept of responsible palm oil, says Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) Singapore –…
April 10, 2019
Activists Rally Against World’s Worst Banker of Climate Change, JPMorgan Chase, in National Day of Action
CONTACT: Ayse Gursoz, (650)391-6443, Ayse@ran.org Activists Rally Against World’s Worst Banker of Climate Change, JPMorgan Chase, in National Day of Action As CEO Jamie Dimon testifies in front of the…
March 19, 2019
Report Finds Global Banks Poured $1.9 Trillion into Fossil Fuel Financing Since the Paris Agreement was Adopted, with Financing on the Rise Each Year
Findings reveal U.S. banks dominated fossil fuel funding, with JPMorgan Chase the worst on climate change by an astonishingly wide margin. CONTACT: Ayse Gursoz, (650)391-6443, Ayse@ran.org To download the full…
March 1, 2019
Indonesian Food Giant Indofood’s Palm Oil Arm Terminated From Sustainability Certification Over Labor Abuses
Global banks and investors on the hook for fueling illegal and exploitative acts, NGOs say CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, emma@ran.org, +1 425-281-1989 San Francisco, CA – The leading palm oil…
February 23, 2019
Activists Disrupt Chase CEO Jamie Dimon at Governors Association Meeting, Sending Message that Chase Must “Stop Funding Climate Change”
For immediate release, February 23, 2019, 12PM EST Video of disruption available here. Washington D.C.–This morning activists disrupted JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s address to the National Governors Association Winter…
February 11, 2019
Salim Ivomas, subsidiary of palm oil giant Indofood, withdraws from RSPO over labor abuses
Today the Indofood subsidiary Salim Ivomas announced its plans to withdraw its membership from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). This move from Salim Ivomas follows the same action taken by its…